Bill file



April 1929- L. 5. MccoNNELL, JR 1,707,678

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Filed June 22, 1928 m I 1 THAI? D to engage over the lower edge of the upp Patented Apr. 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS E. MCCONNELL, JR., OI MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THFLW. F. POWERS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BILL FILE.

Application filed June 22,

This invention relates to that class of bill files that comprise a combination of an advertising card calendar with a bill hook that is adapted to lay fiat with the card for mailing or packing, and is capable of being turned to a position at right angles to the card and beheld firmly in such position so as to be used for filing bills or the like.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a calendar card equipped with a bill hook.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the center of the card showing the bill hook in position to be used.

Figure 3 is a similar section showing the hookin process of being slid upward so as to permit of its being turned.

Figure 4 is a. front view of the lower part of the card showing the hook laid over on the card in position for mailing or packing.

As a support for the bill hook I may use a car-d1 to the upper part of which is secured a calendar pad 2. The bill hook 3 comprises straight shank 4 with the lower part curved as shown at 5 to form a hook upon which bills or other memoranda may be impaled, and at the upper end va downwardly turned hook portion 6. The shank portion 1 is passed through two vertically aligned holes 7, and when in use as a file the rear hook 6 is adapted er hole and thus form a support that will hold the filing hook 5 in a position at right angles 1928. Serial No. 287,420.

to the card. When it is desired to pack or mail the card'the shank 5 is slid upward with the hook sliding past the body of the card, as shown in Figure 3. To facilitate this the card is cut as at 8 with a circular cut forming a flap 9 that will bend outwardly enough to let'the shank slide by without ripping the card. The fiexure of the flap allows the shank to slide either in front of the card or behind the card, as shown in Figure 3. When the hook has been so elevated it may be turned so as to have the parts 5 and 6 lie flat against the card so as to present a two dimensional article that will-be easily mailed or packed. \Vhen the hook is in the filing position, however, the flap 9 may be restored to the plane of the card and the card will then present an even flush surface.

I claim The combination comprising a display card and a file hook, the card having upper and 1 LEWIS E. MCCONNELL; JR. 

